كتاب
Markets of sorrow, labors of faith: New Orleans in the wake of Katrina
| العنوان: | Markets of sorrow, labors of faith: New Orleans in the wake of Katrina |
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| المؤلفون: | Adams, Vincanne, 1959- author. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| وصف مادي: | 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Survivors., Relief Work., Public Policy., Disasters., Cyclonic Storms., Hurricane Katrina, 2005., Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century., Social justice -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States., Privatization -- Government policy -- United States., History. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Louisiana., Louisiana |
| الوصف: | "Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, public agencies subcontracted disaster relief to private companies that turned the humanitarian work of recovery into lucrative business. These enterprises profited from the very suffering that they failed to ameliorate, producing a second-order disaster that exacerbated inequalities based on race and class and leaving residents to rebuild almost entirely on their own. Filled with the often desperate voices of residents who returned to New Orleans, Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith describes the human toll of disaster capitalism and the affect economy it has produced. While for-profit companies delayed delivery of federal resources to returning residents, faith-based and nonprofit groups stepped in to rebuild, compelled by the moral pull of charity and the emotional rewards of volunteer labor. Adams traces the success of charity efforts, even while noting an irony of neoliberalism, which encourages the very same for-profit companies to exploit these charities as another market opportunity. In so doing, the companies profit not once but twice on disaster."--Publisher's website. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn798251832 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-8223-5434-5 978-0-8223-5449-9 0-8223-5434-9 0-8223-5449-7 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.013518315.4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780822354345 9780822354499 0822354349 0822354497 |
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